RenFest of the Sith

Well, I really should tell you guys of my adventure going to see the new Star Wars at the midnight opening day show. Now, I should preface this by mentioning that I have seen every Star Wars prequel at Highland Ten at the midnight opening day show. It's been a six year odyssey with a different flavor each time. Phantom Menace had a large crowd with no real media attention to speak of. Attack of the Clones only filled the theater half way. But Revenge of the Sith was a different animal altogether. Earlier that week I saw on the news that there were people camping out at the very theater I was going to. Now I was expecting to here about that kind of thin at other theaters around town in more posh and well known areas, but my theater had heretofore been a well kept secret. No longer. We arrived to find huge lines, news crews from every major station in town, as well as a couple of radio stations,and people in all variety of costumes. It was astonishing! There was a live band for a time, and then they started to pipe in John Williams score a rather large sound system. And then the really weird part. It seems we've come a long way in lightsaber replica technology, because there were a couple of guys in costumes totally going after each other with them as they loosely reenact the end of the movie we had yet to see. And I mean running on top of cars, screaming at each other as they run hither and yon. That's when it struck me that this was like a one-time-only Star Wars Renaissance Fair. Then finally we were led in to be greeted by a fully costumed Darth Vader and Stormtrooper(a little short for a stormtrooper, I might add) and in we went, charged as could be.
Once we were seated, we were told that there would be a slight delay as there would be a special guest. That only sent people further over the edge, so when the last people came in from the concession stand, they were greeted by a huge ovation. Then our "special guest" came in and it was none other than the guy in the Darth Vader costume who proceeded to the front of the theater, gazed upon us and streched out his hand in a force grip and a collective "AAURGH!" was let loose by the audience. Then finally the movie commenced, and we were grateful for it. When the movie let out, there was, of course, a number of reporters out gauging the response. Quite an experience, all in all. Oh, and how was the movie? It rocked. Hard.